Portuguese Football in English
Rúben Amorin believes Manchester United must sign more players like Bruno Fernandes if they are to be successful in improving their recruitment this summer.
Fernandes scored a sensational free-kick on Sunday afternoon as the Red Devils held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, after which attention switches to a crunch Europa League second leg against Real Sociedad later this week.
Lecce 2-3 AC Milan
Sérgio Conceição says he is seeing the benefit of more time on the training ground, after watching his AC Milan team produce a remarkable fightback to claim victory at Lecce in Serie A.
Milan trailed 2-0 heading in the last quarter of the match on Saturday evening, with Conceicao’s side looking set for another costly defeat. However, inspired in-part by the introduction of Rafael Leao, the Rossoneri scored three late goals to earn a much-needed three points.
Nottingham Forest’s challenge for the Champions League places in the Premier League is very much a reality after Nuno Espírito Santo’s side earned a huge win over champions Manchester City.
Nuno’s side opened up a four-point gap between themselves and City with a hard-fought three points, given to them by Callum Hudson-Odoi’s late strike at the City Ground. Forest remain in 3rd place in the English top flight – an unthinkable position after finishing one point above the relegation places last term.
The manager of Lyon, Paulo Fonseca, has been hit with the severest of punishments for his behaviour towards a referee in France last week, with the Portuguese boss issued a 9-month ban by Ligue 1’s Disciplinary Committee.
Fonseca angrily confronted official Benoît Millot as he was receiving a red card during Lyon’s 2-1 victory over Brest on Sunday, after which the former Porto manager profusely apologised for his behaviour.
Paulo Fonseca dominated the headlines in French football on Sunday evening, after a heated confrontation with referee Benoît Millot during Lyon’s 2-1 victory over Brest.
Former Porto boss Fonseca was issued a red card as the official headed to the VAR monitor to consider a late penalty for the visitors, after which Fonseca aggressively went head-to-head with Millot on the touchline.
